Is it the right method to transform path coefficients into correlations before meta-analysis?

We all know it is possible to get path coefficients from correlation matrix (e.g., PATH ANALYSIS I: INTRODUCTION (ecu.edu) ). Using a simple solver on a spreadsheet, it is therefore possible to...

23 February 2021 8,366 3 View

How can one use PSO to find finite non continous parameters (e.g. enums) ?

Hi, I am making an implementation of PSO for deep neural networks training. For that, I would like the PSO to find the best activation functions as well. However, unlike weights, I use a set of...

12 November 2020 1,506 3 View

Interactions in non-experimental data (agriculture) ?

24 September 2020 2,954 5 View

How to identify trees that have not recovered but are not yet dead after transplanting in urban environnement ?

Are there reliable and easy-to-measure criteria to identify trees that have not recovered after transplanting, but are not yet dead? In particular, I seek to know the reliability of criteria such...

31 August 2020 728 2 View

Any advice for an econometric model with panel data and a lagged variable ?

Hello, I am studying the nutrition status of households using a panel data survey of South-African Households. I would like to study the changes in the nutritional status of households between...

23 April 2020 5,017 6 View

How can I get the required sample sizes for PLS-SEM using G*Power?

I have tried to compute sample size with G*Power but I cannot get the results indicated in the table 1.7 of the book by Hair et al. A Primer on PLS-SEM. Have you tried to check this ? Have you get...

24 March 2019 5,596 1 View

Who knows a botanist in Mexico who could help me by collecting Mexican species of Gentiana?

Because of time limitation, I will not be able to visit Mexico in summer 2019. Yet, I would need a few species from there for some phylogenetic work by autumn 2019. These species are: G....

02 March 2019 9,199 2 View

Rate of oxidation of various materials?

Dear colleagues, Would any of you guide me to literature papers or websites which compiled the temperature dependent (T>1000K) oxidation rates of various materials (metals, ceramiques,...

23 January 2019 1,746 9 View

Does anybody have experience in the in vitro generation of IFNy-secreting NK-cells from murine progenitors (LSK) ?

28 May 2018 7,911 3 View

What is the simplest and cheapest method for coating glass with a thin 100 micron uniform layer of epoxy or silicone resin?

I want to make a uniform thin coat of resin /pigment on 5*100 cm glass sheets. The glass could be cut before or after the coating is applied. The coating should be very even in thickness. Any...

10 February 2018 2,569 5 View

What species (or genus even) of crab is this (bivalve using hermit type)?

Two weeks ago I found a peculiar crab in the intertidal zone in SW Florida. when found, the crab was not utilizing a shell. It was similar shaped to porcelain crabs found in our area, but with...

17 January 2021 1,620 4 View

Can BLAST/ search by using known Domain in Transcriptome/Genome data for a gene family?

Dear Researchers, I have Transcriptome/Genome data and want to list all the member of a KCS/CER gene family whose Domain AP2/ERF, FAE1_CUT1, according to the Arabidopsis database, so is there...

15 January 2021 2,293 3 View

Once I annotate a genome with PROKKA, where do I uplaod it?

I have annotated a genome successfully with PROKKA. I can upload the genome to NCBI, but I cannot upload the annotation. PROKKA does not produce files in the correct format, and I cannot find any...

29 December 2020 3,976 3 View

How can I get Genbank accession code given the scientific names?

Hello! I now have a complete list of about 23k plant species that I want to check if Genbank has the sequencing data for a phylogenetic analysis later, and I am really new to the topic. Is...

02 November 2020 4,450 3 View

Is comparing genetic aberrations from NGS and Transcriptome data feasible?

I am doing an analysis with transcriptome data and comparing the same with the Genomic data. More precisely, I am looking at mRNA results of a tumor sample without having the normal tumor samples...

26 October 2020 3,793 3 View

mRNA down-regulated but protein in Western Blot still there. Which is the most plausible explanation?

How is it possible that RT-qPCR demonstrate a down-regulation of my interested gene (from 22 to 27 ct) while WB is showing the protein expressed with the same intensity as in cells where the gene...

26 September 2020 2,860 15 View

Is it possible to perform total RNA (Transcriptome) crystallography??

The current state of the art is exploring the three-dimensional structure of RNA by x-ray crystallography.

31 August 2020 3,060 2 View

Can anyone recommend a good mouse transcriptome database that is organized based on tissue?

Can anyone recommend a good mouse transcriptome database that is organized based on tissue? I am looking to find a list of protein coding mRNAs detected in whole blood.

28 August 2020 1,160 2 View

mRNA transcripts measured by RNAseq represent cell transcriptome of pre or post-interaction with miRNA?

I have a very basic question as mentioned in the question when RNAseq technology measures the mRNA abundance if it is acquired after degradation of dsRNA by miRNA or before? I would like to...

25 August 2020 5,050 4 View

How to retrieve the lengths of all DNA-Sequences inside the NCBI GenBank?

I want to perform some statistics on the lengths of DNA-Sequences inside NCBI Genbank, for example, I want to draw a histogram of these lengths. So I am asking is there a way to retrieve the...

21 August 2020 8,531 3 View